Cilla Black

She started out working in the cloakroom at the Cavern Club, where fellow Liverpudlians, The Beatles, were first spotted. The band championed Cilla and introduced her to their manager Brian Epstein, who then signed her

The world of showbiz was in mourning Sunday for Cilla Black after the death at 72 of the 1960s pop star, who was championed by The Beatles and later became one of Britain's best-loved television presenters.

Cilla Black, the 1960s pop star championed by The Beatles who became one of Britain's best-loved television presenters, died on Sunday in Spain, media reports said.

Photographer Robert Whitaker, who shot some of the most famous, and infamous, images of The Beatles, has died at the age of 71.

She started out working in the cloakroom at the Cavern Club, where fellow Liverpudlians, The Beatles, were first spotted. The band championed Cilla and introduced her to their manager Brian Epstein, who then signed her

The world of showbiz was in mourning Sunday for Cilla Black after the death at 72 of the 1960s pop star, who was championed by The Beatles and later became one of Britain's best-loved television presenters.

Cilla Black, the 1960s pop star championed by The Beatles who became one of Britain's best-loved television presenters, died on Sunday in Spain, media reports said.

Photographer Robert Whitaker, who shot some of the most famous, and infamous, images of The Beatles, has died at the age of 71.